TOKYO, Dec 04 (News On Japan) –
A former trainer accused of secretly filming girls by inserting miniature cameras in a highschool altering room and restroom confronted sentencing on the Utsunomiya District Court on July twelfth, with prosecutors demanding 1 yr and 6 months of imprisonment.
Daisuke Furuguchi, 38, a former trainer at a public highschool in Tochigi Prefecture, was charged with trespassing into the ladies’s altering room and restroom on the faculty in August this yr, putting in small hidden cameras, and recording footage of round 30 girls with out their consent.
During his testimony in court docket, Furuguchi admitted that he started voyeuristic filming practically eight years in the past, stating, “I had an uncontrollable urge to see what was hidden from view, and that desire drove me to start doing it.”
Prosecutors argued that the crime was “committed by exploiting the authority of a teaching position, was calculated and malicious in nature, and the consequences were severe.” They referred to as for a jail sentence of 18 months with out suspension.
The protection, whereas acknowledging the information of the case, requested a suspended sentence, emphasizing that Furuguchi had beforehand maintained an appropriate work file and had already suffered vital social punishment by way of his dismissal from the varsity.
In his remaining remarks, Furuguchi mentioned, “As a teacher, I hurt many people and damaged the public’s trust in educators. I deeply regret the harm and distress I caused.”
The court docket concluded the trial session, with the decision scheduled to be handed down on July nineteenth.
Source: TBS